This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

I Wish The League of Women Voters Were 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

In other words, F*CK The league of Women Voters. Any group that would support Proposition R (they initiated it) and also says "NO" on Prop 90 (controlling Eminent domain) is one endorsement Zuma Dogg for City Council doesn't ever want, and would categorically reject.

Because anyone who would Vote "for" R and "against" 90 is obviously a real estate, special interest, money-hungry, shady, corrupt, "League of Dumbass Voters". (Or maybe NOT so dumb if they care about their own special interests.)

Zuma Dogg is new to politics, but with a voting endorsement record like that, I'm sure this is old news to most; about these neutered lapdogs who only care about getting invited to some fundraiser where they blast fireworks into City Hall, and they can use the event to suck up to the politicians destroying the cultural, economic and social fabric of our City as they rob the constituents blind and the working class/middle class have to pick up the tab.

9 Comments:

Anonymous said:

90 means more taxes, unchecked development, and less quality of life. The measure not only prohibits a city from taking land for private but it also says that you have to compensate developers for regulating them. So if I want to limit development, in Venice let's say, after Prop 90 passes, by limiting condo conversions or downzoing or whatever, the city would have to pay developer potentially millions b/c they could say well I planned to turn this into condos and now your basically making it so I make less money. What's the consequence, less quality of life, and higher taxes to pay for legal fees. That's why the California Taxpayers association is opposing it, and why all the environmentalists everybody except, the New York DEVELOPER, Howard Rich, whose bankrolling it, is against it. In lot of places in California we are trying to protect agricultural land from development, this basically says with any new regulation we have to compesnative developers. That's gonna hurt a lot of farmers, and a lot of agriculture districts, and hurt that industry in CA. That's why reps from the Central Valley oppose it. It also requires the fair compensation government has to pay when it takes property public use, i.e roads, and schools to increase.bThis means less schools, roads, etc, while we have unchecked development we can't control without getting sued or paying more and more taxes. Potentially, it could threaten the use of fees to pay for the impacts of development if courts that this counts as a regulation- what's the consequence? more traffic, worse air quality, or greater taxes pay for more infrastructure. So vote on 90, cause it's a vote for more taxes, and less quality of life.

The "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE OF NAG VOTERS" sold out their "non-partisan" standard long ago. John Zeigler took apart one of their political Directors on his show last week. She was shilling for Prop 89 on goverment finance campaigns. Further, Zeigo took her to task for their DEMOCRATIC leaning (party wise). Keep up the GOOD WORK, D, O, DOUBLE G!!!

Go to page 94 of the California Voter Information Guide and read the rebuttal argument to Proposition 94. It's signed by the President of the League of Women Voters of California.

Don't get me wrong, the League is a valuable and needed organization. However, I find it interesting that the League supports Prop R (which is bankrolled by developers and special interests) and opposes Prop 90 (which also has an equally impressive list of supporters, including one of our own City Council members).

Has the League lost sight of its core mission which is encouraging informed and active participation in government? Perhaps.

Z.D. go to couragecampaign.org and follow the links - particularly the Letter to the Editor link.

Then do some investigation. Look for connections to Grover Norquist, et al. Prop 90 is funded by extremists who intend to rape the land use and environmental laws not only in Los Angeles and California but all across the country.

Prop 90 would make it possible for developers to sue municipalities regarding certain ordinances or regulations claiming "economic harm," and winning hugh sums of money payable by the taxpayers who already suffer from the greed and corruption of the politicians.

This is scary stuff all in the name of getting rid of private property seizure through eminent domain.